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Having problems with your HP Pavilion a1700n PC Desktop ?

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\015 Im having problems with my hp pavilion a1700n i cant recover my hp and i get the page hard disk failure is imminent please back up your hard disk and have it replaced then it says f10 to enter setup or f2 to continue what do i do\015

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Hard disk failure is imminent

The hard drive is going bad cause it can't read the sectors properly.

Either get a known good workng hard drive in the computer or a brand new one and restore the computer back to factory defaults.

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